ALLIES’ HALT AT ELBE
MOSCOW. August 13. General Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander in Europe) told a Press conference that he never halted his troops on the Elbe or elsewhere because the Red Army or Generalissimo Stalin asked him to. He told his commanders weeks ahead to halt at the Elbe. It had never been his plan to halt at any military or political "The Allies halted at the Elbe because I wanted to break up Hitler’s southern redoubt as soon as possible. General Eisenhower said. Generalissimo Stalin convinced him of the Russian leaders’ paramount desire always to remain friendly with the United States. He added that he discussed the atomic bomb with Mashal Zhukov, but, Generalissimo Stalin asked him nothing about iL
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23280, 16 August 1945, Page 2
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